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Plotting Tricks: The Murphy's Law Method "What Can go Wrong SHOULD go Wrong." If you want an easy way to plot out a story that your readers can't guess the end to by the fourth chapter, then THIS is the method for you! Basically, you begin with a character and something they desire. They go after their desire which immediately sparks complications which become a Problem that your character has to solve. Once the character applies their chosen Solution to their Problem, Murphy's Law kicks in. The Solution triggers yet another problem. This pattern continues--Problem > Solution > Problem--so on and so forth until All the problems are solv

INTRODUCTION Follow All Steps in Order. Don't ask about book signings when you haven't even written your novel! It's much less daunting that way. What follows comes from about 15 years of reading about the publishing industry. It is collected from sources other than myself. There will be mistakes and it IS a rough guide. A crash course. This won't replace doing reading on the publishing industry yourself, nor looking up guidelines from publishers/agents or getting Writer's Market. Instead, it is for those times when there are no specific directions and what the basic standards are that they would expect you to know. It is advice... hopefull

1. Kill a main character. 2. Send your characters on a journey. 3. Have your characters lose an important item. 4. Have a character go crazy. 5. A volcano erupts nearby. 6. Your characters stumble on a key. 7. Your characters throw a man off a bridge. 8. Your character gets drunk. 9. Your character finds a lost child. 10. Your character is attacked by a bandit. 11. Your character develops a crush on someone. 12. Add a new character. 13. Your main character trips and breaks his/her arm. 14. Characters argue over milk. 15. Have a character say “I am afraid I have lost my watch” 16. Write a scene that takes place in a bo

I. Choose up to five (5) of your favorite original story characters that will embark in this role-play. If you don't have five (5) then leave them blank (or create a character on the spot!) Be sure to give a little description of them: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. II. One of your characters decides to make a grand entrance into a random tavern. How does that go? Pick either Character One  or Character Four : III. Jealous, Character Three tries to make a grand entrance as well but somehow fails… why is that? IV. A character is surrounded by many enemies and decides that the only thing they can do is fight! How does that go? Pick eithe

Emotions always sporadic running high then running low.  Write your own fantasy or real life emotions down on a piece of paper. We give you the emotion you give us the writing. Is it not a fair trade? You get to keep the original…does that entice you. Here are the 100 themed themes in the emotions list. Emotions 1.Birth 2.Enthusiasm 3.Love 4.Hate 5.Triumph 6.Feel 7.Wrecked 8.Soft 9.Cold 10.Without 11.Inspiration 12.You 13.Confused 14.Affection 15.Joy 16.Horror 17.Acceptance 18.Sympathy 19.Holding 20.Defeated 21.Pride 22.Knife 23.Overwhelmed 24.Depressed 25.Adoration 26.Worship 27.Zeal 28.Light 29.Exhaustion